New on Steam: Remote Play Together (play local co-op games, online)

[Ionic]

I hope this feature isn't only enabled for games tagged as local coop. It would be cool to be able to message a friend while you're playing a singleplayer game and have them take control for a bit to show them some cool part of the game or have them help you out.

BTW, is there any chance the Stadia controller would be use able for streaming like this and be able to reduce latency, or would it already be as low as it could be?

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How does the Stadia controller reduce latency?

 

[elyetis]

Parsec is pretty amazing, it's good to see something somewhat equivalent coming directly to steam.
True online is obviously better ( less prone to latency ), but the ability to play local coop game, online, is amazing. Also a great way to make friend and/or family discover a game and save some money... ( even more so in addition to family share ).

 

[Chief Malik]

It's an awesome feature but I feel like nobody uses it on PS4.

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The PS4 version is awful and its basically mandatory to be hardwired in. Parsec, steam link, moonlight work just fine over WiFi and are light years better.

 

[Platy]

Online only on one local client, like the bullshit you need to go through for split-screen Borderlands 2 on PC but made simple, I assume!

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How would that work? 2 instances of the same game running at the same time on your screen?

 

[KingKunta]

suppose people with downplay the ps4 share play now that steam has this? But coming from someone who uses Share Play a lot these days, this is cool shit. Hope people enjoy it, cause I know I do.

 

[Ostron]

How would that work? 2 instances of the same game running at the same time on your screen?

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Yeah. In the case of Borderlands 2 you start two instances of the game in two windows that you adjust for your TV/monitor and it's a real hassle to set up inputs for player one and player two. You then search for the instance over LAN and connect.

Now, imagine Steam having the option of a split-screen box to run multiple instances of a game and manage inputs for you! It'd be beautiful. But it would of course need to have various solutions for issues like having multiple Steam users for certain games as well as being a massive resource hog. A man can dream though, a man can dream.

 

[BeI]

How does the Stadia controller reduce latency?

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At least in the case for Google streaming, I think it skips the step of the controller input going to the system before being streamed.

 

[Ionic]

At least in the case for Google streaming, I think it skips the step of the controller input going to the system before being streamed.

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I'm not entirely sure what you're describing, but this seems like it doesn't have to do with the controller since it involves the stream reacting before the controller is even polled. Maybe Google is doing some kind of prediction and correction thing?

 

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[Agni Kai]

This is huge news. I have always wished for a feature like this.

 

[mikenoob]

Is this going to allow multiple people to connect like parsec?

 

[LifeLine]

So basically exactly like PS4 Share Play.

 

[tuxfool]

I'm not entirely sure what you're describing, but this seems like it doesn't have to do with the controller since it involves the stream reacting before the controller is even polled. Maybe Google is doing some kind of prediction and correction thing?

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No. Input Prediction is something they *Hope* to do.

What happens now is only the controller communicating directly to Google's servers.

 

[dsk1210]

I wonder how this would work with Pro Evo, the netplay is sluggish, I wonder if playing with a friend in 1v1 using this would be any better

 

[Nzyme32]

It is, and it's been available on ps4 for 5 years now.

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Difference here is there is no time-limit, and knowing Valve and since it needs no dev input - it can apply to everything, including non-Steam titles.
There have also been solutions for this for ages on PC, like Parsec.
However, both the convenience factor of a built in solution for Steam, and how fantastic Link Anywhere has been, makes it likely this could be the best solution so far on PC.
Retro-arch will be on Steam soon - which leads to a lot of awesome possibilities

 

[KalBalboa]

Difference here is there is no time-limit, and knowing Valve and since it needs no dev input - it can apply to everything, including non-Steam titles.
There have also been solutions for this for ages on PC, like Parsec.
However, both the convenience factor of a built in solution for Steam, and how fantastic Link Anywhere has been, makes it likely this could be the best solution so far on PC.
Retro-arch will be on Steam soon - which leads to a lot of awesome possibilities

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The Share Play time limit is barely a limitation: you just have to renew the stream every 60 minutes. It's never been a problem for me, and I use Share Play quite a bit.

Still, it'd be nice to not have the 1 hr notification.

 

[Ionic]

No. Input Prediction is something they *Hope* to do.

What happens now is only the controller communicating directly to Google's servers.

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I admit it would actually be pretty cool (and bandwidth intensive) if they sent four or five possible frames at any given time corresponding to different likely inputs being pressed, and the client picked the one that most closely matched the latest input. You could under many circumstances get the appearance of lower than possible latency if Google were to send you a frame in advance corresponding to something close to the correct input. I still hope streaming only gaming doesn't catch on too much, but thinking of solutions to the technical challenges is pretty fun.

 

[elyetis]

So basically exactly like PS4 Share Play.

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And Parsec, Moonlight, nvidia share. Now we just need to wait and see it's implementation and limitations. What is imho it's current best implementation on PC ( Parsec ) has a few big and small advantage over the PS4 implementation :
- it's not limited to 2 players ( most important one for me )
- free
- lobbies
- no time limit

 

[Polioliolio]

Any general tips or an FAQ for this?

I noticed you can't alt tab without pausing the stream for others.. So you can't text chat? Is there a way to maximize the speed of the connection, etc?

 

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[TrashHeap64]

Do we know if this will work with non-steam games added into steam? I would have to imagine so

 

[nded]

Do we know if this will work with non-steam games added into steam? I would have to imagine so

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It won't. Steam games only, and it has to be tagged as RPT compatible.

 

[TrashHeap64]

It won't. Steam games only, and it has to be tagged as RPT compatible.

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Damn

 

[SapientWolf]

Not sure if towerfall is great for this since it requires too much precision (aka no lag) ... Maybe the "us vs monsters" mode

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Input lag is usually much more noticeable in m+kb games for me. Especially in a competitive FPS. All the muscle memory you need for snap shots just completely falls apart.

 

[ty_hot]

Great news, I doubt I will use it though. and it is great to have a thread about streaming that isnt full of people talking about their data caps or their slow internet speeds.

 

[liquidmetal14]

Glad they're pushing this.

 

[Deleted member 20831]

Is this the new landing page for this feature?

Steam Remote Play

Play your games in exciting new ways with Steam Remote Play.

store.steampowered.com

https://store.steampowered.com/remoteplay_together

 

[Isamu]

It won't. Steam games only, and it has to be tagged as RPT compatible.

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I'm betting there's most certainly a way to get non-steam games working with this. Non steam games can already be streamed and shared so why not remote share play?